Mailing device.



E. H. RODEN.

MAILING DEVICE.

APPLICATION men MAR. 4. 1912.

Patented Aug. 3, 1915. 2 291 4 SHEETS-SHEET l- COLUMBIA PLANOORAPH c0.. WABHINGTON. D. c.

E. H. RUBEN.

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APPLICATION FILED MAR. 4| 1912- 1,148,927. Patented Aug. 3, 1915.

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COLUMBIA FLANOGRAPH C0,, WASHINGTON. D. C.

E. H. RODEN.

MAILING DEVICE.

APPLICATION man MAR. 4. 1912.

1,148,927. Patented Aug. 3, 1915.

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E. H. RODEN.

MAILING *DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 4. 1912.

Patented Aug. 3,

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.EPI-IRAIM Robert, on orIIoAeo, ILLINOIS.

MAILING DEVICE.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EII-IRAIM H. Rooms, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, county of Cook, and State oflllie nois, have invented certain new and'useful Improvements in Mailing Devices, of which the following is aSPQClfiCQtiOnw The invention relates to mailing devices, andhas for its object to provide improved, simple, efficient and economical means for inclosing mail matter of various descriptions, which said mail matter will be capable of being sealed for secret transportation or handling, and will readily show any improper attempt at opening by unauthorized persons, and being at the same time provi ded with improved means for enablingthe sealing means toloe broken and the contents removed without the employment of any in strumentalities exterior to t-he mailing devices except the hand of the operator.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved insert adapted to be used in'con'ne'ction with mailing envelops of the usual or any desired form and construction which when forcibly removed from the envelop will break the seal of same to render the contents thereof easily removable.

Other objects will appear from the de-. scription contained in the following specification, which includes the drawings, showing thepreferred form of the invention, and the appended claims.

In the said drawings Figures 1 and 2 are views showing an opening insert and envelop, the envelop being provided with a transparent portion to disclose the address on the inclosure and an opening in the insert adapted to register with the transparency in the envelop. Fig; Sis a sectional view through Fig. 2 on line 33. Figs. 4: to 7 are similar views ofan opening insert and envelop therefor with the transparency pasted on the insert overthe opening therein, while the address opening in the envelop is not covered. "Figs. 8 to 10 inclusive are views showingthe insert modifiedto correspond to the form shown in Fig. 1, but'with a return reply card d'etachablv secured tl' ereto. Figs. 11 and 12 illustrate'a modi- Specification of Letters Patent.

Applicationfiled March 4, 1912. Serial No. 681,663.

Patented An 3, 1915.

fied form of insert folded or of two thicknesses, and Fig. 13 is an. assembled view showing the manner in which the insert of Figs. 11 and 12 is applied to the envelop.

In Fig. 2 the mailing device'is shown in the preferred form complete with the insert, the detail of which is illustrated in Fig. 1.

The envelop is of the usual or any desired form, and is designated generally by reference character A, in Fig. 1 being rectangular in form and having a. portion of the material adjacent the edge along which the envelop isto' be opened cut away as indicated at 10, in order to expose a portion of theinsert 11 as indicated at 11*, which exposed portion may be grasped by the opera,- tor in pulling the insert from the envelop for the purpose of opening it.

The insert 11 may be made of anyma terial suitable for inserting within the envelop which shall be light and at the same time have sufiicient strength and'rigidity to cause it'to open or cut one end of the sealed envelop when it is withdrawn therefrom. The form of the envelop shown in Fig. 2 being the regular commercial envelop, and of somewhat greater length than width, will require an insert of corresponding form in general outline, although somewhat smaller, as illustrated in Fig. 1; when the general form of the insert is rectangular, as illustrated in Fig. 1, the edge of the envelop at one endthereof will be cut away as indicated at 10, in order to expose the insert as indicated at 11 in Fig. 2.

The cut away portion 10 of the envelop may be of any desired width as is usually suiiicient to enable the operator to grasp an exposed: portion of the insert. It is pre ferred that the cooperating edge 11 of the insert shall be cut on a right line as. illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, so that when inserted within the envelop adjacent the opening 10 it shall be a trifle longer than the clearance of the opening, this being shown more clearly in the assembled view in Fig. 2.

Such a construction makes it necessary for the material in the fold at the end of the envelop adjacent the opening 10. This serves The angular portion or peak at the junction of the lines 11 and 11, when the insert 11 1s of suitable material, as Bristol board, furnishes a pointed opening means which will pierce through the paper at the end of the envelop and the angular converging edges 11 11 and the angular edge 11? will then cut out the end of the envelop as the insert is pulled outwardly, as illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 2. i

In order to make it possible for theoperator to hold the envelop conveniently while the insert is being pulled therefrom, the opposite end of the insert 11 is preferably cut away, usually about the middle thereof, as indicated at 11. In the envelop illustrated in Fig. 2, to which the insert 11 is shown applied, the last sealing flap which is usually sealed after the various inserts are placed in the envelops, is indicated by the reference character 12, while the end flaps 13-1 and the first side flap 15 are usually folded and sealed before the insert'is placed in the envelop.

In the use of this improved mailing device the insert 11 may be placed in the envelops at the time they are made up, or they maybe placed in the envelop at the time the vided with a transparency through W 1ich the address of the inclosuremay be readable from the outside of the envelop. In Fig. 1 an insert is provided with an elongated portion of the insert cut away, as indicated at 10. This form of insert is adapted to be used in connection with an envelop as indicated by the reference character 411 in Fig. 2, the same being provided with a transparent portion registering with the elongated opening 40 in the insert, such transparent portion beingindicated at 12, and in the views of Figs. 2 and 3, the transparency 42 is shown attached to an opening in the, envelop although an envelop" provided with a transparency of any desired construction may be employed. i

In Figs. a to 7 inclusive an envelop and insert of the general form illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 is shown, in which the envelop is provided with an elongated opening as indicated at 13. The insert shown in Fig.

I envelop.

1 is likewise provided with an elongated opening registering with the opening 43 in the envelop, when the insert is within the This opening is indicated by the reference character 4.4 inFig. 4: and is in this modification of the invention coveredby a transparent film of paper or other suitable material, as indicated-at 45.

In making inserts of the form shown in Fig. 4 it is preferred that the transparent material shall be applied to the stripof paper from which the inserts are out in a continuous strip; after which the inserts are cut from the strip. In Fig. 4 the film 45 is 2 horizontal line and the film extending from I this line to the bottom of the insert and hence. covering the opening 44: in the insert. When an insert of the form shown in Fig. 4

is used in connection with an envelop as shown in Fig. 6, the inclosure will be placed beneath the insert, and inthis manner the address of the inclosure will be readable through first the opening 43 in the envelop, and second the transparent covered opening 44 in the insert which will protect the inclosure.

In Figs. 8 to 10 inclusive is shown a slight modification of the'forms of the invention shown in the Figs. 1 to 7, the insert being provided with holding means as the tongues or' ears 35, 36, 37. there is also a cut away portion as indicated at 40, similar to the cut away portion in Fig. 1, the same being adapted to register with the transparency in the envelop, as illusaddress of the inclosure may be readable from the outside of theenvelop. In Fig. 9 an inclosure 38 is shown securedto the insert by cars 35 to 37 inclusive Inthis form of double insert approXimatelyone-half of In. this formof insert trated in Fig. 10, through all of which the a the insert in this form being adapted to be 1 folded upon itself to produce a double thickness, which makes it possible to use a much thinner and cheaper stock of paper than where it is necessary :to depend upon a for opening the single thickness. of paper insert. r

. In Fig. 12 the general form of cutting the blanks from a continuous stripof paper is illustrated inorder to produce the insert shown in Fig. 11. In cutting these inserts the strip is twice the width of the insert desired, and the cutting is preferably along broken lines corresponding to the outline of the cutting edge of the insert of Fig. 1. The continuous strip of material is preferably scored along the line indicated by the reference character 70, so that the completely severed insert may be folded in the'manner illustrated in Fig. 11. From the cutting edge of each of the insertsand extending inwardly for a short distance along the scored line 70, the inserts are preferably cut as indicated at 71 and then scored from the inner end of the cut 71, as indicated by the dotted line 72, to the outside edge of the insert. And the scored portion of this half of the insert, indicated by the reference character 73, may then be folded in the manner illustrated in Fig. 11, in order that an inclosure or letter mav be placed beneath the folded portion 73, so that when an operator grasps the exposed rectangular forward end of the insert and pulls the insert from the envelop, breaking the end thereof, the inclosure will be removed from the envelop 'with the insert. The double form of insert shown in Figs. 11 and 12 may be provided with the elongated opening of the insert shown in Fig. i and covered with transparent material by applying a continuous I have shown a rectangular portion on the insert adapted to be accessible through a cutaway portion in one end of the envelop. In order that persons not entirely familiar with the use of the device may understand its operation I prefer to designate the accessible portion of the insert which is to be grasped by the operator in opening the envelop by printing on'the accessible portion the word Pull or other suitable designation, as illustrated in the drawings. It will also be noted that in the various forms of the insert I have shown embodying the invention the opposite end of the insert to the rectangular portion accessible to the operator is cut away to enable the operator to grasp the envelop and firmly hold it without at the same time binding the insert between his fingers. tion I have shown this cutaway portion of the insert as at the middle of one end and I prefer to mark the envelop on the outside with some suitable designation, preferably the word Pull and by these marks or designations the person desiringto open the In all of the forms of the inven envelop" will know the portions of the insert and envelop to be grasped in opening the envelop. I g g Y p In order that the" invention may be understood, the details of preferred embodiment thereof have bfeen specifically described. It will be apparent that other modifications maybe employed without departing from the purpose and scope of the invention.

lVli'at I claim is: 1. A mailing device comprising an envelop having an elongated opening in one side through which an address on an article in the envelop is readable, an insert in said envelop and adapted to facilitate opening the envelop, there being an opening in said insert registering with the opening in the envelop, and a transparent sheet over the opening in the insert and secured to the edges of the latter.

2. A mailing device comprising an envelop having an elongated address exposing opening in one of its sides, an insert in said envelop having a portion thereof accessible from the outside of the envelop and one of its edges adapted to sever the envelop upon removal from the latter, there being an opening through said insert registering with the opening in said envelop, and a transparent sheet over one of said openings pre venting removal of articles from the en velop through said openings.

3. A mailing device comprising an eii-1 velop having a portion of the material ad jacent one edge thereof cut away, there be-.

ing an elongated opening in the face of the envelop through which the address on. an inclosure is readable, an insert adapted to beplaced within the envelop and having a portion thereof accessible through the cut away portion in the edge of the envelop, the said insertbeing of relatively firm material and having the edges thereof beyond the cut away portion in the envelop angularly disposed to form cutting edges for rupturing and cutting the side edge of the envelop on the edge adjacent the cut away portion,

there being an elongated opening in the body of the insert adapted to register with the said elongated opening in the face of the envelop, and a transparent member supported by the insert over the said elongated opening therein.

1. The combination of an envelop having an opening in one edge thereof; and an insert in the envelop. having a cutting edge partially exposed through said opening and disposed substantially parallel with the edge of the envelop containing said opening, said I 125 partially exposed edge being slightly'longer than the opening and having its ends hidden by andengaging portions of the envelop adjacent said opening, there being a cutting edge on the insert at each end of said partially exposed cutting edge disposed v I eew;

v angularly to thelatter, the hidden ends of two subscribing Witnesses, on this 28ish day said first mentioned cutting edge being of February A. D. 1912. adapted to provide shoulders for preventing the second mentioned cutting edges from ac- IEPHRAIIM 6 cidentally cutting' jthe envelop. Witnesses:

In testimony. whereof Iwhave signed my A. Le SPRIN LE,

name to this specification; in the presence of C. H. SEEM;

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